The story of Ownie Rodgers, the nephew of crooked Oregon police chief Joe Dandridge. A $70,000 windfall, bequeathed to Dandridge by a man he'd once framed on a bank robbery charge, unleashes innumerable family skeletons. Ownie is obliged to solve the long-ago bank job himself, and in so doing he discovers that his "faithful" girl friend Judy was in on the scheme.

A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various ways, including solving a crime.

Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the person who brings in the first well. They find oil on the outskirts but have to sell a share to a promoter who hires Johnny's old enemy.

A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police.

In order to be able to get the names of winning horses at the track, Sach agrees to sell his soul to the devil.